DEQ Helps To Identify Contaminant Large Plumes of foam were seen on the Siuslaw River at the Wastewater Treatment plant as officials try to determine what agent was dumped into the city’s sewer system.  The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has been onsite at the Florence Wastewater Treatment Plant helping […]

Possible Contaminants The public is cautioned to avoid contact with river water 1,000 feet upstream and downstream from the city’s Wastewater Treatment Plant and to thoroughly cook any shellfish harvested in the immediate vicinity. Over the past couple of days Florence Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators have discovered possible contaminants in […]